Who could imagine Calamity Jane without her buckskins? In fact, this image of her, originally taken around 1876 in Deadwood, South Dakota, is so often the one most folks conjure when they hear her name, that seeing her in a dress (and she has worn them in plenty of photos) seems strange!
– Courtesy Robert G. McCubbin Collection –
Looking typical of wealthy Californio landowners in the 1800s, this meticulously dressed gentleman wears a white suit with natty touches that include his pristine sombrero charro, a pinned cravat, watch fob and pearl-handled pistol in its embellished holster.
– Courtesy Robert G. McCubbin Collection –
Rodeo cowgirl Vera McGinnis’s photo album includes this rare photo of a young John Ford (seated fourth from left, with cowboy hat) and Harry Carey Sr. (seated third from right). Harry Carey Jr., who died on December 27, 2012, said the photo looked to be taken in 1917, in Placerita Canyon near Newhall, California, where the duo had filmed many of their early films. Carey Sr. and Ford made 26 silent Westerns, but only three have survived. Sadly, the rest “rotted in the cans,” Carey Jr. told True West. “Nobody bothered to even try and save ’em.”
– Courtesy Jendreau Family Collection –
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